The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it could now be viable.

Boom Supersonic gives update on Greensboro NC factory that will build Overture plane after President Trump signs executive order to legalize supersonic flight.

Boom’s XB-1, a one-third scale model of the larger Overture, is breaking new ground with a top speed of Mach 2.2. The Overture is expected to be a 201-foot airliner, flying at Mach 1.7 at an ...

Boom Supersonic, the Colorado startup that aims to assemble passenger jets in North Carolina, celebrated President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday ending a 52-year-old ban on overland ...

Boom hopes Overture will be the first supersonic commercial passenger plane since Concorde. Boom Supersonic Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter .

Boom has, however, already achieved civil supersonic flight in US airspace, with the delta-winged XB-1 research aircraft created to support development of Overture.

On February 10, in the skies above the Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test jet roared past Mach 1, tearing through the sound barrier. But this time, there was no need to take it on faith.

Boom Supersonic, which is developing a $500 million “superfactory” at Piedmont Triad International Airport, said Friday it has selected Colorado Air and Space Port as the testing site for its ...

DENVER, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced that it has selected a site at the Colorado Air and Space Port ...

Boom Supersonic gives update on Greensboro NC factory that will build Overture plane after President Trump signs executive order to legalize supersonic flight.

Amid efforts to lift a ban on supersonic flight over US soil, plane developer Boom says it’s getting closer to creating Concorde’s successor. But will enough people want to use it?